A pharmacist accused of selling pills out the back door of his pharmacy took the witness stand at his hearing Wednesday.

The Iowa Board of Pharmacy is reviewing more than 20 administrative charges against Mark Graziano of Bauder's Pharmacy.

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Graziano told KCCI's Laura Nichols Wednesday that he has waited 10 months to be able to tell his story.

"In my audit, never did they find a prescription drug that was wrong," said Graziano. "I wake up and watch the news and it says I am 700,000 pills short, and I don't have the evidence to prove otherwise because the compliance officer told me to shred my invoices."

He said it's the board's fault that he can't account for the missing pills.

Graziano said that people don't understand that the board shredded the evidence. He said the compliance officer told him he only needed two years worth of records instead of the 10 he had saved in the pharmacy's basement.

He said he did what she said and now he doesn't have the invoices for unaccounted pills.

Jean Rhodes, the compliance officer Graziano said told him to shred documents older than two years, sat quietly as he blamed her.

"If I'm diverting hundreds of thousands of pills, why would I keep the only evidence around that is going to exonerate me?" said Graziano.

Graziano said he is innocent.

"I am getting ready to get buried, have my license taken, close down a landmark store and the board never came in and asked any questions. You think they do that with Walgreens?" said Graziano.

The board filed the charges in May against Graziano and the pharmacy after more than 740,000 hydrocodone pain pills were found missing. Graziano faces 27 charges and the pharmacy 26.

Officials said the investigation was started after an anonymous man called the board in Sept. 2011. He said he was an addict and had been getting pills from Graziano out the back door of the pharmacy. The man claimed the drugs were being sold to several people.

The investigation ordered an audit of the pharmacy that found that 740,888 pills were missing.

The hearing concluded Wednesday afternoon. The board will meet in closed session to make a decision of whether to reinstate Graziano's license. A judge then writes up that report, and that could take more than six weeks.

Testimony Tuesday:

An auditor who discovered the pills missing testified on Tuesday morning.

KCCI's Laura Nichols said Graziano disagreed with the testimony a number of times, saying "Are you kidding me?"

Officials said the pills have a street value of $10 to $20 for each pill.

Graziano's license has been suspended pending the outcome of the hearing. He is not facing any criminal charges at this point.

The man who called the board to report Graziano provided testimony Tuesday afternoon.

Kirby Small said he was a customer of Bauder's.

"There was an argument that turned into personal vengeance I was doing a lot of pills at the time and not in my right mind," said Small. "They basically cut me off, that pissed me off. They changed from decent people to money hungry."

Graziano's defense pointed out during cross examination that Small has a criminal past. Small told the hearing he never distributed any of the pills.

"The most I ever ddi was drop my friend off in the parking lot. He would go in and get the pills and I would wait for him in the back," said Small.

Small said he has been interviewed by the DEA about the case.

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